Post by featherduster on Jan 4, 2012 9:39:18 GMT -5
I asked a friend from SOUTH DAKOTA for a rundown on his season and how the migration is going.
This friend is a good hunter so I trust his word.
Sure thing, Tim....................
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I will report for me personally. My duck hunting this year started off well. Tons of local ducks. Our season closed on the 6th of Dec. I am still waiting on the migration to start. I saw several tornados of mallards 2 weeks after our season closed. There are still TONS of ducks and geese in North Dakota, as there has been virtually no snow. Our temps tomorrow are supposed to be in the low 60's. I'm sure we will have to pay for all this weather somehow.
The goose hunting for me this year has been off the charts. I have never seen anything like this. I did travel for our annual hunt up north in Sept., and I did go east of here 17 miles twice. Other than that, I have not traveled more than 4 miles from my mailbox. It has been far and away my greatest goose year ever. I have shot all canadas. Several guys around have shot tons of snows this fall. That is not normally done. The snows usually blow through, for the most part. This fall, they stayed. Tons of food and open water. Those of them that hunted for them were well rewarded.
Starting Friday, we are going to Pierre on the Missouri to hunt for the next few weekends. The season there goes til February 10th, or so. A lot of the birds have gone back north to ND.
The down side to this is, it hasn't rained here to speak of since the second week of July. Most of our ponds and sloughs have dried up, or are drying up. I know there is a lot of winter left, so we are hoping for some heavy snows/rain in late February or March to refill our ponds for the returning flights of birds next spring.
I know that the hunting was way better in the northern part of the state for the ducks and snow geese. I don't know if the canada huunting could be any better than it was here. We started off on August 13th, thru Sept. 18th, I believe, with 8 birds a day. We limited with up to 7 guys mre often than not. Then it went to 3 a day, and we just kept right on hunting. The Golden Years of Waterfowling are NOW.
This friend is a good hunter so I trust his word.
Sure thing, Tim....................
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I will report for me personally. My duck hunting this year started off well. Tons of local ducks. Our season closed on the 6th of Dec. I am still waiting on the migration to start. I saw several tornados of mallards 2 weeks after our season closed. There are still TONS of ducks and geese in North Dakota, as there has been virtually no snow. Our temps tomorrow are supposed to be in the low 60's. I'm sure we will have to pay for all this weather somehow.
The goose hunting for me this year has been off the charts. I have never seen anything like this. I did travel for our annual hunt up north in Sept., and I did go east of here 17 miles twice. Other than that, I have not traveled more than 4 miles from my mailbox. It has been far and away my greatest goose year ever. I have shot all canadas. Several guys around have shot tons of snows this fall. That is not normally done. The snows usually blow through, for the most part. This fall, they stayed. Tons of food and open water. Those of them that hunted for them were well rewarded.
Starting Friday, we are going to Pierre on the Missouri to hunt for the next few weekends. The season there goes til February 10th, or so. A lot of the birds have gone back north to ND.
The down side to this is, it hasn't rained here to speak of since the second week of July. Most of our ponds and sloughs have dried up, or are drying up. I know there is a lot of winter left, so we are hoping for some heavy snows/rain in late February or March to refill our ponds for the returning flights of birds next spring.
I know that the hunting was way better in the northern part of the state for the ducks and snow geese. I don't know if the canada huunting could be any better than it was here. We started off on August 13th, thru Sept. 18th, I believe, with 8 birds a day. We limited with up to 7 guys mre often than not. Then it went to 3 a day, and we just kept right on hunting. The Golden Years of Waterfowling are NOW.
